Puzzle: Mutated Movies

The Game Room
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Got #2. Here’s the Solved list so far :

  1. Bow; [TH]
  • INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE [CRY]STAL SKULL

2.Chaplin; [NT]

  • [YELL]OW SUBMARINE
  1. Valentino; [IL]
  • DANTE[S PEAK]
  1. Garbo; [RE]
  • How S[TELL]A GOT HER GROOVE BACK
  1. Barrymore; [TH]
  • [JAW]S THE REVENGE
  1. Chaney; [EM]
  • ANNE OF GREEN [GAB]LES
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And all the other actors identified for 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 :

Pickford, Keaton, Fairbanks, Arbuckle, Swanson, Lloyd and Gish.

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  1. Gish; [VE]
  • LADY [CHAT]TERLEY’s LOVER
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  1. Keaton;[ME]
  • THE HORSE [WHISPER]ER
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I’ve solved the meta-riddle, and may I say : Ouch.

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I believe he means by the “say” word; if you alphabetize by actor’s name, there isn’t anything between Chaney and Chaplin, and EMNT is not a very promising string. SO:
13. [CHAT][VE]
1.[CRY] [TH]
8. [GAB][EM]
7. [JAW] [TH]
3. [S PEAK] [IL]
4. [TELL] [RE]
6. [WHISPER] [ME]
2.[YELL] [NT]

… VE … TH EM … IL … RE … ME NT

… is where I think there are still gaps.

ETA - crossposted with Gamera’s last post obviously.

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  1. KIS[LLOYD] JESSICASTEIN ES = Kissing Jessica Stein


GIVE THEM THE SILENT TREATMENT

spoilered to protect pun-sensitive eyes.

Remaining doubles are GI TH EN TT AT

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I just got that one myself.

  1. Lloyd; [ES]
  • KIS[SING] JESSICA STEIN

But I think the remaining doubles are EN, AT, GA, and TT - we’ve covered both TH’s. (GA, not GI - the riddle is in the past tense.)

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So the unsolved with my notes:

  1. LARBUCKL ES EN AE CH MI WH [del]GA[/del] (alpha before CHAT - ASK?)
  2. DPICKFORDS AL RE TE [del]EN[/del] (alpha between SPEAK and TELL - SWEAR?)
  3. BFAIRBANKS EE FL FR IE RE SA [del]AT[/del] (alpha between TELL and WHISPER)
  4. SSWANSON EN ER HT IG TH [del]TT[/del] (alpha between TELL and WHISPER)
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Except #11 should be also between SPEAK and TELL. TT precedes RE.

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So the unsolved with my notes (corrected):

  1. MI CH AE LARBUCKL ES EN WH [del]GA[/del] (alpha before CHAT - ASK?)
  2. DPICKFORDS AL RE TE [del]EN[/del] (alpha between SPEAK and TALK - SWEAR?)
  3. BFAIRBANKS EE FL FR IE RE SA [del]AT[/del] (alpha between TELL and WHISPER)
  4. THE NIGHT S[TALK]ER [del]TT[/del] - one of the Made for TVs
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Ah, 10 is When Michael Calls - the obscure made for TV.

And 5 is Altered States. (State instead of Swear)

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Got #9, at last. The list :

  1. Bow; [TH]
  • INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE [CRY]STAL SKULL

2.Chaplin; [NT]

  • [YELL]OW SUBMARINE
  1. Valentino; [IL]
  • DANTE[S PEAK]
  1. Garbo; [RE]
  • How S[TELL]A GOT HER GROOVE BACK

  1. Pickford; [EN]
    ALTERED [STATE]S

  2. Keaton;[ME]

  • THE HORSE [WHISPER]ER
  1. Barrymore; [TH]
  • [JAW]S THE REVENGE
  1. Chaney; [EM]
  • ANNE OF GREEN [GAB]LES
  1. Fairbanks; [AT]
  • B[UTTER]FLIES ARE FREE

  1. Arbuckle; [GA]
    WHEN MICHAEL [CALL]S

  2. Swanson; [TT]
    THE NIGHT S[TALK]ER

  3. Lloyd; [ES]

  • KIS[SING] JESSICA STEIN
  1. Gish; [VE]
  • LADY [CHAT]TERLEY’s LOVER
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High fives all around.

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Wow!

Just got home from a long shift at work to find that some solving has been going on today. Awesome job everyone.

And…

The Best Solver Oscar goes to…

It’ s a tie between CandidGamera and Tom Scud! Well done!

And a *Best Supporting Solver Award *to jsgoddess for getting the first title as well as noting the Silent Star connection! Please no “F-bombs” in your acceptance speech.